The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STEWED which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2022.
Fretted crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STEWED | 32 % | 6 |
| REPINED | 27 % | 7 |
| CHAFED | 14 % | 6 |
| CARED | 9 % | 5 |
| FUSSED | 9 % | 6 |
| GALLED | 5 % | 6 |
| FUMED | 5 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fretted
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- latticelike
- latticed
- reticular
- reticulate
- reticulated
- interlaced
- fingerboard
- stewed
- ruminated
- unfretted
- griped
- wailed
Crossword Answer definitions
STEWED verb- To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
- To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
- To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
- To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
- Having been cooked by slowly boiling or simmering. See stew.
- Intoxicated by an excess of alcohol.
- (Of tea) Bitter from having been steeped too long.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STEWED
- Overcooked
- Worked into a lather over
- Long-cooked
- Like cooked tomatoes
- Totally trashed
- Beyond tipsy
- Way past tipsy
- Acted huffily
- Fretted
- Plastered
More clues leading to the result REPINED
- Fretted
- Felt a longing
- Kvetched
- Fretted.
- Languished.
- Complained.
- Languished for love.
- Complained
- Was fretful
- Had a long face
More clues leading to the result CHAFED
- Made sore by abrading
- Abraded
- Rubbed the wrong way
- Caused friction
- Rubbed raw
- Irritated
- Fretted.
- Galled.
- Was irritated.
- Rubbed.
More clues leading to the result CARED
- Gave a hoot
- Looked after
- Had a heart
- Gave a rip
- Was compassionate
- Was hardly indifferent
- Was concerned
- Was worried
- Felt for
- Gave a darn
More clues leading to the result FUSSED
- Acted the bridezilla
- Sweated the details
- Went to a lot of trouble
- Bustled about.
- Nervous: Colloq.
- Complained
- Fretted
- Made a big to-do
- Picked at, picked at, picked at
- Nitpicked